White House Stripped to Skeleton Staff in a Shutdown

Bloomberg looks at the White House contingency plan in the event of a government shutdown next week.

“About three-fourths of president’s 1,701-person staff would be sent home. The national security team would be cut back, fewer economists would be tracking the economy and there wouldn’t be as many budget officials to track spending. White House policy decisions on the environment and drug policy might get postponed, as the executive mansion struggles to cope with a shutdown of the government.”